Penang trip 19/9 - 21/9

There has been a lot of things going on for me lately, predominantly I'll be undergoing one of the vital shifts in life; from being a student to a full time working adult. New challenges are coming by and frankly things rarely get any more exciting. There are things to be brought forward, things to put behind, some in need of a shift of a higher gear and some simply to be forgotten. Life never stands still and with so much to think about, I made a trip to Penang for a small break together with my friends.

It was a more or less an impromptu trip but to tell the truth...nobody cared to plan. (Hahahahaha! ) We took the midnight bus from Puduraya on Friday and reached Penang's Sungai Nibong in the wee-hours of the morning of Saturday.

This sign greeted me at 4.30 in the morning

There were just 3 of us, and since we lack plan, soon we found one of us in dire situation:


But after awhile, me managed to check into a hotel. All of us are dog tired. The 三贱客 are:

Kuan Yong. Don't know why he has a cheeky smile. Wonders what he was reading...hmm....

Fei Zhai. This picture needs no further elaboration.

And me!

We rented a car and found us going places.

Views from the rooftop of the hotel:

I particularly like this picture and the way different-coloured roofs interplayed among one another

Interestingly we found Penangites are a bunch of cheeky people too as evident from the pictures below...

My personal favourite

Don't tell my mom that I've been here...

We even went to the beach and let the sound of waves and the wind to sort our problems out...

Wonders what tomorrow will bring?

Outlook bleak, thanks to Lehman Brothers

Of course, not all are extroverts. Some like to hide behind the bushes...

...until we went back to the hotel...

A Penang trip is not complete without Hokkien fare and so 3 empty barrels rounded up practically everything at the expense of their wallets.

First meal of the trip

Penang Char Kuey Teow. See the prawns? Its nearly half the plate!

My personal favourite. Frankly, half the oysters were gone before this picture was taken. And if you find the following photos to be unappetising and particularly small in servings, read this: THE CAMERA IS NO MATCH TO CHOPSTICKS! Many didn't even make it to the camera.

Reminds you of KFC advert where certain stuff are enlarged due to camera tricks, right? No. it was really THIS big!

Mee rebus

Yeah baby! I'll swim the English Channel for you any day!

So is the food good? Get the answer by looking at the expression of the guy on the left, below.


And like every proper trip that we've made (if any), there are always a note of seriousness to the things that we did...


Cheers everyone for making it home!